wove

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past of weave
    She wove a beautiful basket out of reeds.
  2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of weave
    One might have wove Stuffs with it, had it been prepar'd. 1701, Francis Leguat, A new voyage to the Eaſt-Indies by Francis Leguat and his companions[…], page 61
    […]and the pearls which they have wove among her black tresses, were whiter than the frozen hail drops. 1823, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, page 187
    […]enlisting as soldiers, during the late war, who, had they stuck to their looms, would have wove, at least, 50 pounds worth of cloth each in the year 2005, W. H. Crawford, The Impact of the Domestic Linen Industry in Ulster, Ulster Historical Foundation, page 185

adj

  1. (of paper) made on a mould of closely woven wire

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